Gone for good? ... But not forgotten.

Sonyalpha rumours (sorry, but I refuse to spell this the American way) claims that Sony Japan has taken the last A-mount lenses off its website.
"Sony Japan removed the A-mount lenses from their homepage. A-mount is gone for good, with no announcement, no nice thoughts….dumped in the darkness of anonymity."

I think anonymity is a bit harsh. I'm sure a lot of us know exactly what A-mount is, and merely because they've stopped selling it new, it doesn't mean we will stop using it. Most of the cameras I used up until surprisingly recently were bought s/h after their makers left the camera-making business - Zeiss, Miranda, Rollei, and a many others less noteworthy.

A bit further up today's page is a new wiggle-effect lens. Words fail me.

After a career of 37 years, A-mount finally retired. Leaving the pro side to younger ones like E-mount. A retirement party would be nice

Off-topic: rumour is the only way when you write the queens English

waldo_posth wrote: addy landzaat wrote: ... A retirement party would be nice ... Any ideas how such a party could look like?

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Best photos in your archive
Oldest (good) photo in your archive
Best photos taken for the goodbye quest
Just a start

So... is the A-mount dead?

Miranda F wrote: A bit further up today's page is a new wiggle-effect lens. Words fail me.

I hoped for a moment that this would be a lens like the Panasonic Lumix 3D lens for Micro 4/3 cameras (which can be adapted to E-mount), but no it isn't. It has too many lenses for stereo, and too few for Nimslo-like effects. It might be possible to tape over the middle lens to make a stereo pair, but then the lens separation isn't great and like the Lumix 3D will be best used for closer photos.

(If you're interested, there's a Lumix 3D lens on an A7 III here.)

Dopol wrote: waldo_posth wrote: addy landzaat wrote: ... A retirement party would be nice ... Any ideas how such a party could look like? …. Best photos in your archive Oldest (good) photo in your archive Best photos taken for the goodbye quest Just a start

Good ideas.
Last (good) picture you made with an A-mount lens.
Party for members: one week challenge with A-mount lenses.
Contest: show a representation of A-mount.

Options a plenty.

TBH I was thinking Sony should throw a party, but we could do it as well

addy landzaat wrote: Off-topic: rumour is the only way when you write the queens English

As an American I agree and Noah Webster should never have messed with British spellings. The dictionary he produced was great but the spelling variations he produced only created and continue to create confusion.